David James told Arsenal to sign Madrid ace

Former England goalkeeper David James has revealed he told Arsene Wenger to sign goalkeeper Keylor Navas before he went to Real Madrid.

But Wenger didn't take James' advice on board and instead he opted to sign David Ospina instead, writes Mirror Football's Ben Burrows.

"Navas is awesome," said James. "He has been for a few years now. I enquired a couple of years ago to Arsene Wenger, 'Why don't you go for Navas, £8million or £10million buy-out?' He had (David) Ospina on his card, he went for Ospina, didn't he?"

Wenger admits it's "now or never" for Joel Campbell

Now or never: Wenger lays down the challenge to Joel Campbell (Image: Stuart MacFarlane)

Midfield legend praises Jack Wilshere

Key man: Jack Wilshere can impress for club and country (Image: Getty)

The World Cup winner, now playing in Qatar, believes Wilshere has the quality to be a key man for both club and country - if he can steer clear of the injury problems that have dogged his career so far, writes Mirror Football's Alex Richards.

Wilshere, 23, is currently sidelined with yet another ankle injury - the TENTH of his career.

But Xavi believes that the England star possesses abilities that separate him from his peers, remembering Wilshere's breakout performance against Barcelona in 2011.

Wenger defends Arsenal's injury record

Arsene Wenger has mounted a staunch defence of Arsenal's injury record – and defended his decision not to sign a single outfield player in the summer.

Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have joined the growing band of crocks after picking up muscle strains in the midweek Capital One Cup defeat at Sheffield Wednesday, writes Mirror Football's Neil McLeman.

Former Wales fitness coach Raymond Verheijen has accused the veteran coach of using out-dated training methods and working his players too hard.

Before today's trip to Swansea, Wenger admitted there is “always a question we have to answer when we have injuries”.